Oligonucleotides (ONs) are typically defined as short nucleic acid polymers that are 20 to 200 bases long. It has been well known that aptamers (single-stranded DNA or RNA ONs) can adopt distinct three-dimensional folded structures and bind to...

Widespread use of MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells as a model system for breast cancer has lead to variations in these cells between different laboratories. Although several reports have addressed these differences in terms of proliferation and...